MUSIC 8 - Q2

• Music of China has one of the most ancient traditional and cultural music practices.
• Chinese Vocal Music


  based on levels of pitch that recognize the close relationship between music and the spoken word
• Lus


  musical notes
• Pentatonic

  1. 5 note scale
  2. main scale
• 5 Pentatonic scales:

  1. Kung
  2. Shang
  3. Chiao
  4. Chih
  5. Yu
• 8 Categories of Chinese Musical Instruments:

  1. Bamboo
  2. Wood
  3. Silk
  4. Gourd
  5. Stone
  6. Metal
  7. Skin
  8. Clay
• Bowed Strings:

  1. Erhu:
• Plucked Strings

  1. Pipa:
  2. Zheng
  3. Guqin:
  4. Guzheng:
• Winds:

  1. Dizi
  2. Xiao
  3. Suona
  4. Sheng
• Percussions:

  1. Ching and Chap:
  2. Yu:
• Cantopop:

  1. Cantonese popular music
  2. HK-pop: short for "Hong Kong popular music."
  3. first described as Cantorock, meaning "Rock Music in Hong Kong."
• Erhu


  • one of the famous Chinese instruments
  • violin like and played with a bow
• Pipa


  • has 4 strings
  • has 30 frets
  • Chinese version of the mandolin or ukulele
• Zheng


  • an ancient Chinese instrument
  • 13-21 strings
• Guqin


  • a 7 string zither
  • without a bridge
  • it is the most ancient (3000 years)
• Guzheng


  • 18-23 strings
  • played by females
  • similar to the Japanese koto
• Dizi


  transverse flute
• Xiao


  vertical end-blown flute
• Suona


  blowing instrument like a horn
• Sheng


  • one of the oldest Chinese instruments
  • 12-36 bamboo pipes
• Ching and Chap


  • small cymbals
  • signals the entrances and endings of a composition
• Yu


  a tiger-like animal resting on a sounding box.
• Music of China has one of the most ancient traditional and cultural music practices.
• Chinese Vocal Music

  based on levels of pitch that recognize the close relationship between music and the spoken word.
• Lus

  musical notes
• Pentatonic

  • 5 note scale
  • main scale
• 5 Pentatonic scales:

  1. Kung
  2. Shang
  3. Chiao
  4. Chih
  5. Yu
• 8 Categories of Chinese Musical Instruments:

  1. Bamboo
  2. Wood
  3. Silk
  4. Gourd
  5. Stone
  6. Metal
  7. Skin
  8. Clay
• Bowed Strings:

  1. Erhu:
• Plucked Strings

  1. Pipa
  2. Zheng
  3. Guqin
  4. Guzheng
• Winds:

  1. Dizi
  2. Xiao
  3. Suona
  4. Sheng
• Percussions:

  1. Ching and Chap
  2. Yu
• Erhu:

  • one of the famous Chinese instruments
  • violin like and played with a bow.
• Pipa:

  • has 4 strings
  • has 30 frets
  • Chinese version of the mandolin or ukulele
• Zheng:

  • an ancient Chinese instrument
  • 13-21 strings
• Guqin:

  • a 7 string zither
  • without a bridge
  • it is the most ancient (3000 years)
• Guzheng:


  • 18-23 strings
  • played by females
  • similar to the Japanese koto
• Dizi:

  transverse flute
• Xiao:

  vertical end-blown flute
• Suona:

  blowing instrument like a horn